Thousands of villages across Pakistan still lack access to piped gas and electricity supplied from the national grid. Based on government’s statistics, around three fourth of the households across the country are estimated to have no access to piped gas and about 30 …Continue reading
Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood Hacker
For decades Hollywood has treated computers as magic boxes from which endless plot points could be conjured, in denial of all common sense. TV and movies depicted data centers accessible only through undersea intake valves, cryptography that can be cracked through a …Continue reading
Locally Developed Simulator Promises to Train Surgery Students on MIS Procedures
Prohibitive cost of commercially available simulators has so far prevented their uptake by healthcare providers in the country. The traditional practice of imparting training of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) at medical colleges in Pakistan has been through apprenticeships. Junior doctors are placed …Continue reading
All You Need to Know About the Punjab IT Policy
The Punjab Information Technology (IT) policy draft is not just about IT. Rather, it aspires to be about governance in the age of IT. The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has held a public consultation on the draft and is now revising …Continue reading
WhatsApp Video Calling Goes Live in Pakistan
WhatsApp Video Calling is finally available for use in Pakistan. Users just need to update their app for the feature to appear on their Android, iOS or Windows phones. To video call, users have to press the call button on the top …Continue reading
How Political Candidates Know If You’re Neurotic
When a state representative named Thom Tillis ran for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in 2014, his campaign followed the now-standard practice of sending voters online and direct-mail advertisements referring to particular issues. Which issues mattered to which people, from ISIS to …Continue reading
Exclusive First Look at Foodible
The application that promises to make the process of eating out easier is set to launch on the 22nd of August. Foodible uses a phone’s GPS to locate the closest restaurants to the user, while providing the feature to filter the options …Continue reading
Riding the New Wave of Data Science
A brief review of the limitations of big data in Pakistan. Big data has been a big deal in marketing circles for quite some time. Most marketers agree, big data helps. It is one of the most effective ways decision makers and …Continue reading
The Debate on Cybercrimes Law
A study of the proposed law and the way forward. By Verda Munir The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) apprehends one Fahad Bari. He is accused of harassing women on Facebook. The raiding team finds objectionable content on his computer and confiscates it …Continue reading
What It’s Like to Have Super Hearing Abilities
I never thought much about what it would be like to change the way the world around me sounds; if I don’t like the sound of a street musician or the din of a busy shopping mall, I either put up with …Continue reading